Oregon -- Suit claims twins got improper ca they were caged incribs with chicken wire over the tops and left to sit in their own fecesand urine.

Suit claims twins got improper care
Welfare - An attorney is seeking $12.8 million, saying the state didn't
perform proper checks
Saturday, December 08, 2007
AIMEE GREEN
The Oregonian Staff

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...020.xml&coll=7

A $12.8 million lawsuit claims that state child-welfare workers placed
newborn twins in a foster home where they were caged in cribs with
chicken wire over the tops and left to sit in their own feces and urine.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleges
that the boy and girl didn't get crucial medical care. A drainage tube
in the boy's head didn't function properly, dangerous pressure built up
inside his skull and he sought relief by beating his head against the
crib, according to the suit.

"He's going to have to have neurological care for the rest of his life,"
said David Paul, the attorney representing the twins, Kaylie and Leo
Collins, now 5, on behalf of Lisa Collins, guardian ad litem. "He won't
be able to work, and he won't be able to function at a normal level."




The twins, who were born in August 2002, lived in the medical foster
home of Gail and Marvin Thompson from shortly after their birth to
December 2005, Paul said.

The suit claims that the state Department of Human Services erred by
failing to adequately check on the foster home and monitor that the
children were receiving medical care.

The twins' former foster parents, the Thompsons, were baffled by the
allegations.

"This is totally false," said Marvin Thompson. The twins were well cared
for, he said.

Greg Parker, a DHS spokesman, said he couldn't comment because the
agency hadn't received a copy of the lawsuit.

The twins' room was known as "the Dungeon" because the windows were
blacked out and the children were deprived of water and food, the suit says.

"This is not an isolated incident," said Paul, who earlier this year won
$960,000 from the state for a 3-month-old girl who suffered brain damage
at the hands of her foster father.

The Thompsons, who live in Gresham, said police detectives investigated
suspicions of neglect against them shortly after the twins left their
care but dropped the case because it had no foundation. A check of
Oregon records showed the Thompsons don't have a criminal history.

Marvin Thompson said he and his wife have been loving foster parents to
hundreds of children over 30 years. They retired in 2005.

Michelle Cole of The Oregonian staff contributed to this report. Aimee
Green:503-294-5119;



CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.


CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...